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T. T. WOODRUFF.

' I B-edstead. No 242,405. Patented May 31,1881.

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THEODORE T. VVOODRUFF, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT KELSO AND ELIZA M. WOODRUFF, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,405, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed March 19, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE T. W001)- RUFF, a citizen of the United States, resident at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompan yin g drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

I 5 Figure l is arepresentation of a side view of my invention, the bed folded up against the wall, and Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

This invention relates to a method of constructing beds so that they can be turned up against the wall or side of the room, and so condensed as not to occupy much of the floorspace of the room, and be concealed by drapery or other covering, and yet conveniently let down to a horizontal position, to be occu- 2 5 pied as a bed for repose.

In the accompanying drawings, M and L represent curtains extending out from the wall on one end or side of the bed to the front edge of the shelf 0, thence along the front of the 0 said shelf to the other end of same, and back to the wall, and of a length up and down to come below the brackets a a, so that the bed, when turned up to the wall, will rest on its brackets'a a entirely concealed. M and L 3 5 are curtains supported by shelf 0, which rests upon brackets B B and constitutes the mask.

In Fig. 1 H and G represent the side rails, and D D in Fig. 1 represent the end rails, of the mattress-frame, which is constructed of gas-tubing and fittings of elbows f, and

joint-couplings with outlets. The mattressframe is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 in a horizontal position, with the legs E E standing upon the floor in a position to be occupied 5 as a bed for repose, and also represented in full lines as being turned up on its hinges against the wall in its position for concealment. Thecross-marks upon the end rails,- D D, of this mattress-frame represent a series of saidinvention.

rings, which support and carry the interwoven o coiled steel-wire spring-mattress K, upon which rests the mattress N, filled with hair or other suitable material.

Upon each of the side rails of the mattressframe there may be two or more rings or bands. To each of said rings or bands there may be attached a spiral wire-spring, q q, coupled together in pairs crosswise by a wire, cord, orother material, 0 O, which is to serve as an auxiliary support for the interwovenwire spring-mattress. Although I have minutely described the cross support 0 O, I make no claim to invention of any such supports.

Upon the side rails of the mattress-frame 6 there is a sleeve-coupling, F F, with right-and left-hand-thread screw, so that by revolving the said sleeve-couplings the side rails will be elongated and carry the end rails farther apart, and consequentlytighten the mattressKwhen required.

Upon the mattress-frame there are a head and a foot piece, as is usually the case, projecting up from the end rails. The said pieces may be of woven wire or other material. The legs 7 5 E E of the said frame maybe of iron tubes and screwed into a thimble, which turns easily on the front rail of the frame, so that when the bed is turned upon its trunnions against, the wall the legs will be folded down to the mat- 8o tress K out of the way of the mask. There are two trunnions or journals,t' i, extending out from said frame.

There are four brackets, a a and B B, which are secured to and project out from the wall. 8 The brackets B B support the mask, as before described. The brackets to a receive and support the trunnions or journals of the mattressframe.

Although I have described this bed as being turned sidewise up to the wall, it is obvious that it can be turned endwise up to the wall by placing the trunnions upon the side rails, which is a part of this invention.

Many formal changes may be made in the 5 mode of construction without changing of my For instance, the brackets a and B, upon the same side of the bed, maybe of one piece, so that said brackets so contrunnions i, in combination with the mattress structed would serve as the side of the screen K N and brackets a a, as set forth. [0 or mask. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature What I claim, and desire to secure by Letin presence of two Witnesses. 5 ters Patent, is-- THEODORE T. WOODRUFF.

The frame consisting of bars H and G, hav- Witnesses: ing the sleeve-couplings F, and bars D D, held ALLEN H. GANGEWER, to bars H and G by the elbows f, and having GEO. H. BALL. 

